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Small Law Firms Risk Big Exposure Without Better Cybersecurity Practices
Josh Taylor* Small law firms don’t take cybersecurity seriously enough. According to an American Bar Association survey, only 42 percent of firms reported taking action to increase their digital security measures in the previous year. Even more concerning: 27 percent said they did so to better protect client or contract data security. For a group
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Commerce Commission Releases Draft Decision on Transpower Price Path
The Commerce Commission has issued its draft decision on the maximum revenue Transpower can earn and the quality standards it must meet under its individual price-quality path (IPP) for the period 2020 – 2025. Transpower owns and operates New Zealand’s national grid, transmitting electricity from where it is generated to local lines companies that distribute
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How Law Firms Can Modernize Their ‘Client Alerts’ To Differentiate Themselves (And Attract More Clients)
JD Supra – For decades, law firms big and small have been creating marketing content about changes in the law to clients and prospects as part of their marketing and business development strategy. These law firm branded pieces authored by lawyers are typically called “client alerts” or similar terminology such as “client insights” or “legal
Chapman Tripp big winner at the Australasian Law Awards
Chapman Tripp’s corporate and commercial team scooped up New Zealand Deal Firm of the Year and partner John Strowger won New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year at last night’s 2019 Australasian Law Awards. Chapman Tripp Hoa Rangapū Whakarae (Chief Executive Partner) Nick Wells said, “The awards demonstrate the work and value we provide for our
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Junior Lawyers Flex Their Muscles
The establishment of the new Junior Lawyers’ Union, the Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union, a heavily industrialised-sounding title, is a development that has been simmering for some time and prior to the #Metoo scandal that rocked the legal profession. Attempts to secure better rewarded and generally more equitable conditions for younger lawyers is something that has
“Michael Avenatti abused and violated the core duty of an attorney” – US Attorney Geoffrey Berman
U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF MICHAEL AVENATTI FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT, ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD A FORMER CLIENT Avenatti Separately Indicted on Previously-Announced Charges Relating to a Scheme to Extort the Athletic Apparel Company Nike, Inc. Geoffrey S. Berman, (left) the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William
Union Launched to Improve Conditions for Junior Lawyers
New union calls for change in the legal sector 20 May 2019 The Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union (ALWU) launches today to advocate for all legal workers and to improve working conditions for junior lawyers in the legal sector. The revelations of bullying, burnout and sexual harassment in leading law firms over the past year has
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Lawyers Appointed As Deputy Chairpersons To Human Rights Review Tribunal
The Associate Minister of Justice, Aupito William Sio, has today announced the appointment of five Deputy Chairpersons to the Human Rights Review Tribunal to ensure that people have greater access to justice and that their voices are heard. “This Government has acknowledged the unacceptable backlog of cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal that developed
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Law Careers: ALPMA 2019 Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Results
Employee retention strategies a priority as 53 percent of Australian legal firms plan for growth in 2019 The 2019 ALPMA Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Survey reveals that, in addition to employment projections remaining positive (53% of law firms expecting to grow employment at their firms in 2019, compared with 42% in 2018),
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